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SUPPLEMENT 14

the Architect’s neWspAper feBruAry 6, 2013

Published by The Architect’s Newspaper

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meticulous engineering and innovative materials combine to make movable walls and windows a more dynamic design element than ever before.

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THE CAST IRON HOUSE neW york city

architect: Shigeru ban architectS Structural engineerS: robert Silman aSSociateS Facade conSultant: Front, inc.

Sliding Wall SyStem: SchĂœco

In his design for the penthouse additions to a 1882 landmark SoHo building, Shigeru Ban willfully breaks away from the historic archetype and continues his investigation of the relationship between indoors and out.

Atop the nine-story structure, massive glass doors roll away, exposing adjoining sides of the enclosed living areas to the rooftop terrace.

Two components make this feat possible. A Vierendeel truss, comprising a series of rectangular openings rather than diagonal ones, suspends the constructions. Used vertically, these trusses resist horizontal loads and allow for large uninterrupted expanses of fenestration. The aluminum sliding system from SchĂźco features a 90-degree corner, a concealed outer frame, and a triple track that fits flush to the floor. Electric and manual opening mechanisms are available.

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EXTERIORS

Grand Openings Sliding, telescoping, rising—these walls and doors do a disappearing act and erase the boundaries between interiors and exteriors. By Leslie Clagett

1 Slide/Fold Duratherm

2 Vitrocsa Invisible

Wall System Vitrocsa

3 Solarlux Cero

4 Architectural Openings Architectural Openings

5 Lift/Slide Panda Windows & Doors

Light, ventilation, and privacy are achieved through a strategic use of louvers on the slide/fold door system, here custom fabricated in teak. Fourteen wood species are offered for this configuration.

With only ž-inch vertical sightlines for dual-glazed sliding doors, this system creates a nearly invisible operable wall.

Available as horizontal sliding windows and doors, vertically sliding windows, and pivoting doors.

A 1 1/3-inch profile and a concealed track system facilitate a near-seamless appearance. Capable of supporting panels up to 13 feet by 19 feet with a weight of 2,200 pounds.

Doors with lift-slide and swing mechanisms combine with tilt-turn windows in this custom mahogany curtain wall.

With a maximum panel size of 20 feet tall by 10 feet wide, these thermally broken lift-and-slide doors feature an extruded aluminum profile and polyamide iso-bars.

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6 E1200 Elephant Doors System CRL

7 Multi-Slide Door System La Cantina

8 Hydrau-Lift Bifold Doors 9 Standard Grade Hufcor Multiwall Sheets Polygal

10 Arc Sky-Frame

Operable storefront sections slide behind fixed sections of this opening system. Suitable for conditions that require a wide opening that can be easily converted into a fixed panel, a wall, or a wall with a door system inside.

This aluminum thermally controlled multi-slide door system features AAMA certified wheels, which allow for a symmetrical, low-profile bottom rail.

These automated bifold doors fold vertically up and outward when retracted, leaving a clear opening and minimizing the amount of headroom needed inside the building.

Featuring a UV coating to protect the polycarbonate panels against yellowing, the rigid sheet structure provides extra strength under wind and snow loads.

This sliding curved window can be double- or triple-glazed. Multiple curves can be combined, or integrated with straight runs.

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When this Newport Beach, Califorina architect designed its workplace of the future, openness was critical in creating a California beach house look. “The unseen detail of the Extendo door system was really appealing,” says James Young, the principal. “What we love about the Klein system are the wide openings that create a sense of flow throughout the workplace.” The top-hung doors feature a “synchro” opening that allows both telescopic doors to slide simultaneously, leaving the floor free of tracks.

Klein frameless glass doors bring light and architecture together, seamlessly and ingeniously. We also bring your entire project together, working with you and our dealers to ensure total satisfaction– from initial design and system selection through delivery and installation. Learn more at:

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INTERIORS

Moveable partitions give structure to open floor plans and adapt to shifting spatial needs, in both residential and commercial applications. By Leslie Clagett

Great Dividers 1 PK-30 System PK-30

2 Lama System Modernus

3 Genius Moveable Wall KI

4 Pattern+ 3Form

5 Stripe Rimadesio

6 Raydoor Raydoor

7 Aria Inscape

Folding walls, room fronts, and clerestory windows all utilize the same aluminum profile, thus achieving design continuity through several different architectural applications. Accepts panels in Ÿ-inch or ½-inch thickness.

This partition system offers swing, sliding, and pocket door options, and can be configured for single- or double-glazed designs.

Providing outstanding acoustic protection at 44-48 STC, these walls are available in solid, glass, and stick-built panels. The non-progressive design means changing a single frame doesn’t require dismantling an entire wall.

Using an online design tool, patterns and colors can be etched or printed in varying scales and densities, lending both uniformity and diversity to the glass or resin panels.

Horizontal aluminum crosspieces on both sides of these sliding doors sandwich one of 50 glass types available. Designed by Guiseppe Bavuso.

Soft-close barn doors have a gasket edging where the panels meet in this corner installation, ensuring privacy. No floor track eases maintenance.

Merging transparency and minimalist lines, this movable wall system brings elegance to the interior.

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HARDWARE Handles, tracks, hinges, and other door hardware make functionality an open and shut case. By Leslie Clagett

Smooth Operators 1 Variotech 150 Series Häfele

2 b.100 Astec

3 Santa Monica Collection Baldwin

4 Aperto 60/H Hawa

5 Axel Krown Lab

Suitable for straight or curved runs, the Variotech 150 allows doors to remain stationary or to slide open. Two-point guide wheels support panels up to 330 pounds.

These load-bearing stainless steel wheels can carry a wood or glass door leaf weighing up to 1,760 pounds.

The floor track can be surface- or flushmounted.

Four new lever styles balance horizontal and vertical lines in this design. Solid forged-brass construction; offered in 20 finishes.

When not in use as a flush sliding wall, up to nine 132-pound wooden doors can be stacked in parallel or at a 90-degree angle. The pivot door locks the entire group.

Barn-door hardware for panels up to 150 pounds, in thicknesses ranging from 1 3/8 to 1 ž inches. The track can be cut and drilled on the job site. In raw or blackened steel.

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